Wig’s Word of God Today 8-20-2011
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. Matthew 23:3
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17, Psalm 128 & Matthew 23:1-14
Do you know anybody who preaches but doesn’t practice? We’ve all heard the statement, “practice what you preach,” but can you really do that? I struggled for years with cigarettes always saying, “I know it’s bad for me but I’ll quit one day.” But time kept flying by and I kept smoking. I depended on God for nothing but knew He was EVERYTHING. Once I truly trusted Him, I was able to quit. It was obvious I didn’t trust Him until I learned to place all my burdens at the Foot of the Cross and seek only His strength, His love and His Truth in Word.
There’s a sense of being the God in your life when you preach and don’t practice. You rely on your own ways to accomplish your desires instead of seeking the Truth for Humanity in God’s Word of Life. I’ve heard people say, “man, it’s hard to read the Bible.” But it really isn’t. Once you pick it up and read about His Way, you’ll identify with something in your life and begin to allow His love to surround you. You will begin to crave knowing how He can give you rest. What surprises me is His Way of getting into your heart allowing your soul to study His Word to want faith, to want to give charity and to want to love everyone. People will see It before you will ever understand It; God.
People are the resource for instruction of God’s Word allowing you to receive as you learn to seek. Even the people who seem gifted by God to preach have been taught by someone who instilled God’s Word in their heart by the Spirit of Truth. Maybe it was a grandmother or a father or an elder in the church but someone shared His Word with them and gave them the “push in the pool” incentive to practice, pray and preach. You accomplish this in everything you do; your music, your Spirit or your work. Humble yourself to allow God’s Spirit to direct you in receiving the Word in blind faith, instilled action in charity and embraced feeling of love. Listen. Learn. Love.
So we ask in prayer: Dear God, we pray today to practice what we preach. We pray for peace and healing of Alexandra, Shiela and Ms. Juliet King’s mother. We pray for focus to ready our classrooms across America. We pray this in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
God Bless His Truth for America,
Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins
Romans 8:28
“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed”
Practice What You Preach
It seems so hard
Only in abstract thought
Practice is very easy
Forgiveness given already bought
No great protruding obstacle
Except your selfish pride
Pray for escaped release
Of your cheater’s ride
Confidence is Spirit built
Knowledge focused to keep
Proclaim with known Spirit
Practice what you preach
© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins August 20, 2011 @ 6:13 AM EST
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